The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-25 00:00:00

.................. --------__ LIFEBOAT SERVICES. During the story ns of the: past year the boats of the -National Lifeboat Institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our coas t s . The' Institutioa has also expended L 13,819 3s. 2d. in the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting 11, 2 51 64. Od. as rewards tor saving 714 shipwrecked perso ns by i t:i liteboats, and other means . The Comm iittee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for A S SIBTANuE to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Institution's 125 blebat estab lishments. Cobankers;ntributions are received by all the Lonlon. d country an and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, the Instit vim, 14, John-street, Adelphi. ROY AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN' . Under the Mana9,-ement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EV - E KING, to commence with (19► th time) an en tirely new (); eretta, entiVed FANCHETTE. Miss Louisa Yyne and MI W. Harrison. After whit b , a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a scale of unprecedent( .c t ma'.4nificence, ntitled LIAR.LEQ I. TIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors o,) en at half-past Six-- ommence at Seven. T HEAT:I E ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Mar gers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVE I TING, the Petformances will commence with the New Serio- 4 omit Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled support AND _MORN. Principal characters by Mi. Phelps, supported by , sars. Ryder, Raynor, Eh zjames, and Misses Leclercq, At t inson, and Heath. To conclude Ar: th the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBA 1") THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of th • World. t, towns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; B arlequins, Mess r 3. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W. A. Barn Its and J. morris ; Columbines, Madame Bolen° and Misses,. Gunniss. P r ices as usual. _,9ox Office open from 10 till 5 daily. fIEATRE . RO YAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, 11.essrs. Edmund Falconer and '. B. Chatterton. A GRAND MORN- 134 G PERFORMANCE of the Panto mime NEXT WEDN. ESDAY, at Two o'clock, when theßsls of the Duke of York's School with their Band will attend. The Free List entil !ely suspended, the public press ex cepted. THIS EVENING, NIGHT AND MORN. Mes.rs. Phelps, Ryder, Rayne Fitzjames; Miss R. Leclercq, Miss Atkinson, and Miss He Lth. After which, the • ;rand Cemic Christmas PANTO YI3IE, writte 1 by E. L. Blanchard, Esq.. entitled and founded on the popula r Oriental story of SINDBAD THE sNILOR. The gorged asly beautiful character of the decora tions, inclusive of mo re than the usual amount of scenical surprises and transfer ma! ion wonders, are ensured by the fact of their being ent i rely designed and for the most part ex' cuted by the celebr aced artist, William Beverley, whose eminent services have bent retained this Christmas exclu sively for the Theatre Royal Drury-Lane. The general action f the Pantomir le, arranged by, and the whole rro duced under the direct on of, Mr. Robert Roxby. Principal characters in the open Lag by Messrs. Tom Matthews, J. Ne vilie, Fitzjames, Meat ;i•eson, G. Weston, and Master Percy Roselle ; Misses Lizz t ilmore, Rose Leclercq, E. Weston, Coventry, and Cicely N ott. The Harlequinade will include the services of thos e popular Pantomimists (forming a double company). Ha rry Boleno and Mr. C. Lau i, Clowns ; Mr. W. A. Barnes and Mr. J. Morris, Pantaloons ; Mr. Cormack and Mr. S. Saville, Harlequ.ns ; Madame Boleno and Misses Gunnies. Columbines. The masks, devices, and dresses,. from designs by the humorously re nowned Dykwynkyn. The music selected and arranged by Mr. J. Barnard. The dances and action of the Ballet ar ranged by Mr. Corm.n %k. Comic scenes, tricks, &e., invented by Messrs. H. Boleno and Cormack. Box office open daily from 10 till 5 o'clock. The massive and b 3 autiful decorations of the amphitheatre, Proscenium, and t eill MT, designed and completed under the direction of Marsh N elson, Esq., In that 2org - eous style of ornamentation know a as characteristic of the Louis Quatorze period. and which elicited so much praise from the press and the public last year, h aving been thoroughly cleansed, make the aspect of the imuse before the curtain (which, when lighted up, is admitted to be the meat beautiful in Euro k )e), an object of admirati c n which in itself is wor,h a visit. Dors open at Half-past Six. Performances commence at Seveon, an d terminate every evening at Eleven o'clzck. OY AL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management.of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE MONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during: the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with"a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. 11. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland ; Misses Percy, Pauline Lealercq , Wo od . Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. A Ater which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle?," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss M. Henrade,!Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and )Las Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and that the attendants in. all parts of the house are forbidden to re ceive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. IfEIEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: 3lessrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullenford, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton. Braid, Clark, Rogers, 'Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. 11 0 YA T, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After whi , 9l. HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived is a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't Xnow what to do. NEw TI4EATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.— Snll Pronrlator end r,lanft , er, 74 - ,•. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS: Mr J. L. Toole. to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, H. Phillips, Bil lngton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billing - ten. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven Magi 3 Men. Messrs. J. Claric, it. Phillips, Stephenson. ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LE A. H.-EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT , wiLISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—THIS EVENING, the 98th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN. in the character of L EAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GR NAT ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Pechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1883; or, the Sensations of the Past Season, until further notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Mat thews,Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. - The Weather —Sun Office, Jan. 25, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer -30.00. Wind—S.W. ; moderate, and cloudy. LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 25, 1864. THIS EVENING. and durincr the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTUrtES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CUCUMBER and 1863; or, THE SENSATIONS OF !I' HE PAST SEASON. On SATURDAY next, Jan. 30, will be produced an entirely New Comedy, ny Leicester Buckin , !hatn, Esq., entitled T H E SILVER LINING, in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, and sirs. Frank Matthews, &c., will appear. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURY DICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. TETE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," IL Containing, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, An be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAN.—Morning, 3h. 10m.—Afternoon, 3h. 30m. ro-moßncrw.-Mmaing, 3h. 46m.—Afternoon, 3h. 58m. fri_piA I#' 3 , ( la - eivg, utt. PROBABLE EUROPEAN WAR. Upon the Germanic Powers must rest the responsibility of war—if war, as appears now,but too certain, •shotild actually break out in Europe. Germany from first to last has been the aggressor. Denmark has throughout, hitherto diplomatically, hereafter strategically, acted upon the defensive. Might may seem to the Austrians and to the Prus sians upon their side. Right is, unquestionably, in t h e e stimation of the majority of the b e h o ld ers i n Christendom, upon the side of the Danes. England 'dynastically in a delicate position between the opposing Powers now threatening every day more seriously to become belligerents , ---is ac ti ng at length, as befits her, in obedience to the dictates of high principle. The proposition made, very recently, for a delay in the advance of the Austro-Prussian troops upon the Dinish frontiers, was a proposition emanating directly from our own Go',Amount. It is a proposition that was at once quite frankly and moat honourably responded to by the Government of Denmark. Not so by the rulers of the two great rival Powers of Germany—those two Powers now so incessantly rivalling each other only in the pre cipitancy with which they are rushing to war at all hazards. The answer from Vienna and from Berlin —in direct opposition to the answer already re ceived by our Cabinet from Copenhagen—is a refusal. The suggested delay is declined—declined curtly and peremptorily. And this, moreover, although the proposed tarrying of the German armies was only to have been until such time as might have allowed of the meeting anew of the Rigsraad or Parliament, from which some calmly deliberated decision might have been arrived at upon the momentous question as to the modification or not of the Constitu- tion of November. Resolved upon carrying things on with a high and haughty hand to the direst extremity, that is, to the extremity of War— Austria and Prussia together say Nay to this most temperate and conciliatory proposition. As media tor, or would-be mediator, England has done her part in this dread emergency for Christendom. So far, again, as Denmark could yield a point she has yielded : she has conceded, at any rate, to the proposal made by England, in the interests of peace, for a delay. Upon the Germanic Powers, upon Austria and upon Prussia especially, rest the respon sibilities involved in the rejection of this humane and benign proposition. The sword just thrown into the scale is German now, when the European scales of Justice have been trembling so long and doubtfully in the balance. The first sword thrown into those oscillating scales is the weighty brand of Germany. And, for the .moment, the weight of that brand may seem to make the rights of Denmark, in the matter of Schleswig- Holstein, kick the beam. But, together with those imperilled rights there is not only the good sword of Denmark herself, but the possible dropping into that scale, with the rights and the sword of Denmark, of the formidable glaives of Powers far, far beyond not merely Denmark in importance, but beyond Austria and Prussia and the whole of Germany leagued together in battle array. The alternative is becoming daily more and more imminent—for England and France—the dread and momentous alternative of Peace or War. The deci • sion in our own instance will either be announced, or at any rate, very significantly foreshadowed in the Speech from the Throne, or at the very latest through the first weighty utterances of our veteran Premier, Lord PALMERSTON, immediately upon the reassembling of Parliament. The intelligence from India is, on the whole highly satisfactory. The war, which threatened to give some trouble, appears to be coming to a speedy conclusion. A prompt and well directed attack took the enemy by surprise and completely routed them. According to information received from private sources, Lallow and Nurbegla were both destroyed, and our forces were in possession of the pass leading to Bonair. There were grounds for hoping that this unlooked•for discomfiture would bring the enemy to terms, and would be the means of finally establishing oar supremacy over that part of the country. In the two days of the fighting, the enemy lost no Less than 500 men. The Bonair tribe had made :otal submission to the English, leaving their chiefs as hostages in the British camp. It was still con sidered desirable to delay breaking up the large farce now collected in the Punjab, amounting to 9,000 or 10,000 men, although it was hoped that before long the troops might safely return to the plains. Military affairs are thus in as favourable a position as could be reasonably expected, while in the civil department there is leas news to com- municate. The new Governor-General had not ar. rived out when this mail left, and Sir WILLIAM DENISON was Vice. Regent pro tern. He had aban. doned the intended expedition to the Upper Pro. vinces, and had summoned the various secretaries of the several departments of Government to pro ceed to Calcutta without delay. Under the circum stances this is, perhaps, the wisest course, as the Governor-General will be the more suitable person to make the official precession. It was currently reported iu India that Sir G. GREY was to be the next Viceroy, but there could certainly be no disap pointment when the substitution of a name well known and honoured throughout India as that of Sir JOHN MAIR LAWRENCE came to be generally known. Sir J. LAWRENCE is especially the rig ht man in the right place at the present junc ture, when the disturbances on the frontier threaten the tranquillity of that province of which he was so able and efficient ruler. Should any disaffection or intriguing be visible in the Punjab, he will know how to meet it, familiar as he is with the character of its people and capable, as he has proved himself to be, of controlling their lawless wills. The experience of the mutiny not only gives Sir JOHN LAWRENCE a greater hold over the population he is called upon to govern, but it also serves to inspire his own countrymen with confidence in his resource, his firmness, and his general administrative capacity. It is something new for an individual to be appointed to the supreme power at Calcutta who has already acquired experi ence as an Anglo-Indian ruler. There would be many advantages attending such a selection even where the object of it was less strikingly fitted for the post than the late Governor of the Punjab. In the first place, he must be, in some degree, inured to the climate, and so escape the risk of sudden exposure to its perils, accompanied with the unac customed burden of continuous labour and heavy responsibility—a combination which has cost us so many valuable lives, Again, the Governor-General, who has served his apprenticeship in a lower depart ment of the State, must have acquired that know ledge of the people, their laws, their customs, their languages, their prejudices, and general charac teristics, the lack of which has so often proved an insuperable obstacle to really good and wise legisla tion. We may hope much from the appointment of a man like Sir JOHN LAWRENCE, although we wish we had another chef at the India Office. It affords good ground for anticipating the increase and extension of those measures of enlightened policy which have already produced a favourable change in India. We cannot suppose that the new Governor-General will fail to give every encourage ment to financial reform, to public works, to national education and questions of social improvement. We trust he will be able to devise some means of dealing satisfactorily with the two points that urgently call for attention—the redemption of the land-tax and the laws regulating the sale of waste lands. It will no doubt be his policy to encourage in every way the commercial industry of India, to assist ex peiiment and favour enterprise, to make it part of his duty to develope as much - as possible the internal resources of the country which he governs. He will also, we may hope, legislate as much as pos sible with a view to the interests of the natives of the soil ; not only securing them rigid justice and equal laws, but striving to raise them in the human scale, giving them opportunities of public usefulness and distinction which may encourage them to re newed effort. The railways and canals, the means of internal communication, will no doubt go on with spirit, and their value in every respect it is difficult to over-estimate. "By moms of the irriga. Lion works the danger of famine will be averted, the land fertilised, and populous districts supplied with the means of health and cleanliness. Through the agency of the railways the furthest extremities of our vast possessions will be brought into ready communication with the capital, troops can with readiness be transported to the scene of danger or threatened disturbance, and thus the chances of preserving peace and order will be very greatly increased. For commercial purposes, too, the extension of the railway system will be in valuable, while it will afford increased facilities for temporary change of air and scene for the preser vation of health. Our officials, more especially, have need of such a chance, and we•may hope that the use of railways may expedite the removal of the seat of government from Calcutta to some situation more favourable to European life. There can be no question that its site is bad, its drainage and water supply equally defective, and the low marshy ground round about adds to the chances of fever and sickness. We see with regret that Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN is invalided from that dan gerous complaint—over-work; he has started on a tour in the northwest, which, it is to be hoped, will recruit his strength. It is certainly high time that something was done to change the condition of our Indian life, and at least to avoid adding to the evils of laborious duty in an oppressive climate by a neglect of those common laws of health which cannot be infringed with impunity, even under our own kindly and tem perate skies. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AMERICAN OUTRAGE. The Seizure of the Saxon by the U.S. Steam Ship Vanderbilt, and the Murder of James Gray. (From the South African Mail of Dec, 19.) A public investigation of the circumstances attend ing the death of James Gray, late chief officer of the bark Saxon, was held before the resident magis trate of Cape Town, on the 2d inst. Mr. Dutton, acting clerk of the peace, conducted the examina tion; and the Hon. Mr. Deny ssen, Acting Attorney- General, was present during part of the proceedings. Stephen Shephard, sworn, stated—l was master of the bark Saxon. She .eft Table Bay on the 2d of September last, with cattle for Government and bound to Ascension, where we arrived about the 17th of the same month. I proceeded by orders from there to Angra Pequina. The orders were from the owners, AndersoE, Saxon, and Co. We arrived there on Oct. 16, is ballast. When there, we painted the ship, and after being there for 11 days, I received orders to ship certain cargo that was there, consisting of skins and wool. I took the cargo from the beach by tey crew and some men. I received no men from the Atlas. On the morning of Oct. 30 I completed loading, and was preparing for sea, end then observed a large steamer, which proved to be the Vanderbilt, American man-of-war steamer. She anchored abreast of Angra Pequina (Penguin Island). I was lying about a mile and a half from Penguin Island. Shortly after the steamer sent an armed boat to my ship. The officer in charge was Beldon, the senior, and Donaghan, the junior officer. It was about 1.30 p.m. when they boarded my ship. The first question asked was where I was from, and I presume they must have already seen our name on the stern. Afterwards, how long I had been there, and I told them. They then asked for my papers, and I asked by what authority he wanted to see the papers. The officer then told me that Captain Baldwin had sent him to do so, adding, " Captain, it is no use, I must see your papers." He did not ask me what my cargo coxsisted of before he saw the papers, but after looking at them he said skins and wool, that will do. The officer retained the papers, and went to look down the hold, and asked me if I knew where the cargo had come from. I told him all I knew was that I had come here to take it in. He told me that he must take the papers to Captain Baldwin, and then he left the vessel, leaving the junior officer in charge. He took the register, articles, clearance from customs, and the bills of lading with him to the Vander bilt. I then told the officer that I was ready for sea, and would leave with or without papers, as I was bound to Falmouth for orders. He said you had better not try it, for that the steamer could go faster than I could. The Saxon was 21.5 tons register, and registered at the Cape. On that he left the ship. About an hour afterwards another boat came from the Vanderbilt, with another armed crew, in charge of Lieut. Keith. This boat left her at the same time as the other boat left my vessel. We were lying about two miles apart, and a strong breeze was blowing at the time. They got on board and placed armed men on the deck. The crew first got aboard, then the officer followed. Oa coming on board his crew drove my men below, and the officer did not state his business at the time he boarded, and I asked him why he boarded us. He asked me who I was, and I told him that I was the mate, and he told me that I was no more master of this vessel, and " I will thank you to go below and give no more orders, and I will not allow you to talk to any of the ship's company." I told him he ought to have come to me as a gentleman to tell me what his business was, instead of taking charge in the manner did, and before his commander had seen my papers. He ordered me below then. I made no reply and obeyed. About 4 o'clock lob • served a boat with the Island men coming to our ship to ask for some bread and meat. I told my chief ehsome,ar g officer, ebuoft osah rolNullrd. vessel,fiG r e ay first which irc t o h hr a mh t e thehd ei did. Americanmight Atfi g rs i vtof officer ec t ec hm ro e nin . sented, but afterwards refused, but gave no reason for refusal. Mr. Gray came and told me of this refusal, and I told him to heave them into the boat, and if he was prevented I could not help it. Mr. Keith was standing by, and told me I was giving too many orders, and if I did not go below he would soon put me where the dogs could not bark at me. I was down below for about 9 or 10 minutes, when I heard the report of a pistol. I had been in my cabin with a sentry at the door. On hearing the report I rashed on deck, and some one told me in passing they had shot the mate. I went to the main deck and found Mr. Gray lying dead. I raised him in my arms, but found life was extinct. The ball entered at the back of the neck, and I saw a pistol in Donaghan's hands, and I was told that he had shot Mr. Gray. I asked the senior officer why he had shot my mate, and he replied it was an accident. I then asked the junior officer, and his reply was, " poor fellow, I am sorry for him, but must obey orders." They then took the body below. In the meantime the Vanderbilt had gone in chase of a vessel, and we were dropped down to where the Vanderbilt had been laying, nearly abreast of the island, about a cabin's length off the island, and between the island and the land. The Vanderbilt re turned the next morning, when I was sent for by Captain Baldwin. On arriving on board he asked me if I was Captain Shepherd of the bark Saxon. I replied yes, and he then said, " Captain, I am sorry for you, but your papers are not satisfactory to me, And I must make a prize of your vessel, and send her to New York, and we know that it is the Tuscaleoze's cargo you have on board." Captain Ba win did not mention Mr. Gray's death imme diately, and he only alluded to it twice afterwards. Some time afterwards I told him that I was sorry for the loss of the vessel and of the mate ; and the Captain replied, in reference to the mate, he was very sorry indeed that it had happened, and he repeated the same remark the next day when I was leaving the ship for good. I asked the offi cer oa board where Mr. Donaghan was, and was told that he was under arrest, and that I could not see him. The whole of the officers of the Vanderbilt seemed very much affected on hearing of the death of Mr. Gray, and seemed to regret it during the time I remained. When I left the Van derbilt I was put on shore at Angra Pequina, where I found my crew, who had already been landed, with the exception of the second mate and•cook, the former of whom volunteered to go in my place, and the cook, being an American, went voluntarily. They sent bread and water on shore for our use, and we were left without shelter. The crew of the Van derbilt took the body of Mr. Gray below. The mate was buried on the 31st of October, and one of the Vanderbilt's officers, together with myself, attended the funeral. None of the crew were allowed to do so, but the second mate got into the boat in the dark. We were landed on the Ist of November, and walked across the land to Halifax, a distance of about 11 miles, where we were afforded shelter until we left in the Isabella for Ichaboe, where we stayed about eight days, whence we proceeded in the same vessel to Hottentot Bay, from where we were transferred to the Lord of the Isles. I took the cargo from the beach by orders of my owners. Horace Carrew, sworn, states—l am an able sea man, and was one of the crew of the bark Saxon. I left Table Bay to go to Ascension, and from thence to Agra Pequina. We laid at Agra Pequina for about twelve days. I recollect the Vanderbilt boarding the Saxon, and I think it was about the 30th or 31st of October last. A boat came to our vessel with an armed crew and two officers, the junior of whom was Mr. Donaghan, but I don't know the name of the other. I afterwards saw the officer in charge of the boat come out of the cabin with some papers, which I presumed to be the ship's papers. He ordered the hatches to ba opened, and which was done. He then looked at cargo, and asked our captain whore the cargo came from. Capt. Shephard said he knew nothing at all about it, only that he had to come and take it. The officer said, very well, I must take your papers on board the Vanderbilt, and I leave this officer, pointing to Mr. Donaghan, in charge. He turned to Mr. Donaghan and said—you stay on board until I send The eomplicated arrangements between Austria and Prussia are now approaching a climax, and doubtless before long some striking event will occur. It is not at all improbable that, in their devices and manoeuvres, they may overreach themselves at last, and while they think they will circumvent others, ,hey will perhaps be nonplussed with their eon -used plans, and embarrassed by the several con-. flicting claims. It is also very probable that there may arise a disagreement between these allied Powers in their wild excitement to crush an inde- pendent State, and take advantage of the hesitation of some and the difficulties of others to prosecute heir own purposes of aggrandisement and satisfy ,heir unworthy greed. The state of affairs is alto- gether most unsatisfactory as things are at present, and every day's intelligence serves but to confuse one's opinions the more as regards the ultimate course taken by these belligerents. The conduct of ;he Prussian Parliament is most inconsistent—and, indeed, it has been so all through these transactions, With one hand they seem striving to uphold the KING and the Ministers in their designs upon Denmark, and with the other to circumvent and oppress the Cabinet in the prosecution of their plans, and prevent, in a great measure, their pro posals from being carried out. But even in this they procedure they vary again, for we find the Uyper House, in considering the Budget as amended by the Chamber of Deputies, have rejected the amendment by a large majority, and thus anew created a fresh dilemma, and interposed additional controversies. Unless some very different tactics be shortly adopted, the policy of Berlin will become at once a mystery and a scandal to the rest of Europe. With regard to the Schleswig-Holstein question, it appears that the aggressors are pursuing their designs, and the troops are advancing. The Fede ral Commissioners at Hamburg have issued a pro clamation, which refers to the troops crossing the frontier of the Duchies. This begins by a sort of impartial review of events, but winds up by enjoin ing the authorities and inhabitants of the Duchies to " afford to the Austrian and Prussian troops the assistance which is required of them, and to receive these troops in a friendly spirit." This is coming to the point, indeed, and very fully expresses the secret understanding and entire sympathy which exists between the parties. There can be no valid reason why these troops should be regarded in so favourable a light, and it is only a very shallow subterfuge that seeks to make them so. It is, in short, a very ingenious defence of a bad cause that the Commissioners have made in this proclamation They acknowlewge that they speak in consequence of several Governments having protested against the de»tarches of the Austrian and Prussian troops. They exonerate themselves by saying that they are not part of the Federal reserve. What is the pur port of this denial, when it is self-evident that all ere revolting in the same cause, and converging by different roads to one great end. Amidst the various points of interest, it is most gratifying to turn at tention to the Danes, for they are bright excep ceptions in their spirit and straightford ness to the subtlety and statecraft of their opponents. A pure love of patriotism, an earnest desire to uphold their rights, and a firm adherence to just principles and correct claims, seem to be the ruling spirit and guiding influence of their actions, and to cast a glory over their troubled course and the doubtful issue of the struggle. The last proposal is to assemble the Rigsraad in order to consider the state of affairs previous to giving a reply to the summons of Austria and Prussia in a definitive manner. This is a wise proceeding, and it is to be hoped that the delay which is requested may be granted, as the posture of affairs may change greatly for the better during the period of delibera tion; and, besides, by that time the debates in the English Parliament must have exercised some in fluence on the Germanic Confederation; at all events it is a matter of rejoicing chat in the midst of this entanglement on the Continent there should be a chance afforded us of having the truth made manifest, and the general sentiments of our people expressed, by the approaching session. Had it un fortunately happened that we were to wait some months for the House to deliberate on what is now passing, there ie no saying to what lengths the Cabinet might have gone, or what direful catas trophe might not have ensued, which no after re proaches or recriminations coald have remedied. Whether the Danes ultimately agree to withdraw the Constitution in dispute, or whether they persist in their refusal, whether they are successful in the struggle or defeated in their diplomatic controversy and their warlike efforts, the same amount of blame will attach itself to Austria and Prussia for their uncalled-for and impertinent interference, and to the whole of the Federal Government for their unfair demands and harsh procedure. It is, then, especially important that an opinion to this effect be put on record by the members of our Parliament, and that party feelings and political differences will not prevent them from acting as worthy of Englishmen who are serving the interests and representing the honour of their common country. The day for hesitation has gone by, and the time has come for activity and decision ; let it not, therefore, be lost in frivolous discussions and vague promises. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT, The following circular has been issued by the Premier to the supporters of the Government in the House of Commons : Downing-street, Jan. 22, 1864. Sir—The meeting of Parliament having been fixed for Thursday, the 4th of February, I have the honour to in form you that public business of importance will be brought forward. I beg leave to express my hope that it may be consistent with your convenience to attend at the House of Commons at the opening of the session.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient and faithful servant, rALMERSION, THE SIJN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1864... a boat off. Captain Shephard was standing next to him ; and he further said don't allow the anchor to be weighed. Captain Shepherd said, my vessel is quite ready for sea, and I intend to go to sea imme diately after dinner. Tb.e officer said, you can't, I have got your papers; and Captain Shepherd said I will go, papers or none. Our captain then told us to go to dinner, and the officer left for the Vander bilt, leaving Mr. Donaghan in charge. We then went to dinner, and after dinner we were called on deck and went about our work, and another boat about this time came from the Vanderbilt, and the officer and men took charge of our vessel. We were then ordered by Captain Shephard not to interfere. Some short time after that, when I was behind the galley, I saw Mr. Donaghan standing on the break of the poop. A little before this a boat had come from the shore with some fish. 1 heard Captain Sbephard say to the officer in charge, will you give these men in the boat some grub ? He said yes, and I then saw Captain Shephard come in a hurry to the place where the men were passing some meat in the boat. The Vanderbilt's men were there stopping them, upon which Captain Shephard said, throw it into the boat, and if they stop you I can't help it. At that time the American officer came forward and touched Captain Shephard on the shoulder and said, " Yon go aft, you are giving too many orders, I will put you where the dogs won't bark at you." Captain Shephard then went aft, and it was then I saw Mr. Donaghan standing on the break of the poop with several of his own men near him. Mr. Gray was half-way up the ladder, when he was ordered down by Mr. Doogahan. I was distant about six or eight yards from them. Mr. Donaghan said, "Go down." Mr. Gray did not answer, or do anything, when the officer repeated the order for him to go down, adding—" or I will shoot you." Mr. Gray at the time was facing him, when the officer pushed him on the right shoulder with his left hand, and Mr. Gray stumbled, and tried to recover himself, and, as he turned his face towards the officer, be drew a revolver and shot him. Mr. Gray had nothing in his hands. Two of our men were close to him then, and about a dozen cf the Vanderbilt's men also about the spot. After he was shot he fell back wards, and I and others went to pick him up. I did not see Captain Shepb and at that time. The Vanderbilt's men then drew their swords and pis tols. None of the men of the Saxon were then armed. Mr. Donaghan said—" lam sorry for him, but he must obey orders." The man of the Vander bilt then drove us forward. Some short time after this I and two others went aft, and saw the cap tain and second mate holding Mr. Gray's head. Mr. Donaghan then said, pointing to the boat which came for fish, there is some humbug, as five men came off in her, and seven are leaving. The next morning I saw the body of Mr. Gray in the after hold, and the ball had entered behind the left ear. About dusk that night the body of Mr. Gray was taken on shore by the boat of the Vanderbilt. One of the Vanderbilt's men said, "Donaghan's a good shot, but he is a great deal too fast." About 8 o'clock a.m., we were told to go below and not to come on deck, and if we wished to do so to hail the sentries first, if we did not want to be shot. They kept i lls on board the whole of the day Mr. Gray was buried, and,on the following morning we were sent on shore in the Vanderbilt's boat. William Murray, depOsed—l am an able seaman, and was one of the crew of the bark Saxon when she was seized by the Vanderbilt. I remember the first boat coming alongside, with two officers in it. An officer who was standing on the poop would not allow the mate to go up the steps, but said he must go forward. The officer then repeated the words, "Go forward, you pirates, or I will shoot you," The mate did not make any resist ance, and did not seem to understand what the order was for. The officer Donaghan then drew his revolver and shot him. I was a couple of yards off when the mate was shot. I could feel the mate's pulse beat slightly when I went to him after he was shot ; but he never spoke, and died in a couple of minutes. The mate gave Donaghan no offence. The crew of the Vanderbilt was then in charge of the ship, and we were ordered forward, but after the mate was shot we went aft with the captain and supported the mate, and Donaghan said, point•• ing to the corpse, " That is an Alabama man." In referring to the boat which was leaving for the shore, I heard Donaghan say, " Let us go on shore and do for the lot of them." While I was leaning over the mate's body I said that life was gone, and Donaghan replied, pointing the pistol into my face, " No, it is not." I then told one of the Vanderbilt's men to ask Donaghan to put down his pistol, as it was at full cock. He was very excited at the time, and said he was sorry for the mate, but at a time like this he ought to have obeyed orders. Afterwards we were again sent forward and driven below, and were warned that if we came up without hailing the sentry we should be shot. Richard Cable—l am an able seaman, and was one of the crew of the Saxon. She was a British vessel, and I signed articles at Cape Town. On the 30th October the Saxon was seized by the Vanberbilt. I was present when the mate (Mr. Gray) was shot. The captain (Shepherd) went below, and a sentry was placed over him. Mr. Gray was standing at the main rigging, close to me, the last witness, and another man, and wished to go aft. The captain had then been below about ten minutes. While Mr. Gray was going up the ladder to the poop, Donaghan said to him, " Go forward, or I will shoot you." Donaghan then pushed Mr. Gray on the right shoulder and his foot slipped off the ladder. Mr. Gray then looked up at Donaghan, as if to know what it was for, when the latter, who bad his pistol in his hand, shot him without any further remark. I.did not hear any one call out "Fire 1" Mr. Keith was at the other side of the poop. Mr. Gray had not made the least resistance, or even lifted his hand. Mr. Gray was much liked by all the ship's company. Mr. Donaghan bad dined with Mr. Gray in the cabin, and I don't think the latter had given him or any other of the officers any offence. After Donaghan had shot Mr. Gray, he ordered his men to draw their swords, and we were told to go below. The Vanderbilt's men were twice as many as ours, and they were armed with swords, pistols, and rifles. As I was going forward one of the men of the Vanderbilt, who had his sword in his hand, asked me if we wanted to take the ship back again, and I said, " Does it look like it ?" Before Mr. Gray was shot there were more than a dozen of the Vander bilt's men about him, so that, had he shown any resistance, they could have overcome him. The inquiry then terminated. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 23.—The market continues heavy but the prices of yesterday have been maintained. Threes, for the Account are unvaried at 66fr. 25c. Mobilier have improved to 1,016 fr. 25c. Railways quiet but firm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 95 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 35 Credit Mobilier 1017 50 Do. end month 1015 Bank Shares 3275 Credit F oncier 1220 Italian Loan 6B 65 RA IL Do. end month 68 40 N'e w ditto Do. end mouth — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 5l --- Eioine Debt Deferred Roman - VANS. Cash. &ccount. 990 - . . 990 - 946 25 . . 947 50 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 932 50 .. 933 75 New ditto . Southern 650 .. 6 4 7 50 Western Eastern Sardini Austria an .. n ...... 390 --.. 391 25 Lorr bard North of Spain Saragossa 572 50 .. 572 50 Ditto to Barcelona I A LITERARY PENSION of £ lOO a y ear falls back to the nation by reason of the death of Mr. George Burgess, of Ramsgate. Mr. Burgess was known to a past generation as a great Greek scholar. Ile spoke Greek as readily as he could English, and he was one of the fiercest critics of the late Bishop Blomfield as a Greek editor. At one period of his life Mr. Burgess was a man of consider able property, but he was also a speculator and an inventor, and in both characters came to very severe grief. But his old antagonist, the Bishop, came to his relief, unsolicited, and procured for the impoverished.scolar, critic, and trans lator, a pension, as a literary man who had done good ser vice in his day. Mr. Burgess was an excellent coacher to aspiring students —many of whom, belonging to Cambridge, will hear of his death with regret. This somewhat eccentric gentleman died last week, at the age of 76, the age which his own father had very nearly attained when Mr. George Burgess Was born, at a remote station in India. . , M. A UBER S LONG-PROMISED NEW OPERA, "La Fiancee du ltoi des Garbes," has been at last produced at the Opera Comique, and appears to have had tbe success which has been for many years past one of the annual events of the Parisian musical world. The book is a setting by Eugene Scribe of a story of Boccaccio, and is of the free character morally (or immorally) speaking which might be guessed at from its origin, inialving incidents very much like that of the convent scene in " Comte Ory," M. Auber has a fancy for this sort of subject ; but on whatever mean stuff he works, his music has the never - failing stamp of genius, . .. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, FAUST. The directors of Her Majesty's Theatre on Satur day last gave the public at large an opporteinity of bearing M. Gounod's "Faust" in English, and whatever doubt might have been entertained as to the result of the experiment, the enormous audience attracted by the performance must have been quite sufficient to convince the governing powers of the splendid theatre that their fears were groundless, and that success—decided and unmistakeable—would attend the production. There is a very large por tion of the musical public whose delight is materially enhanced by the comprehension of the language in which delicious strains are sung, and as the setting of " Faust" is so immediately inspired by the text, the greater will be their enjoyment in listening to a compositior that fairly turned the heads of the aristocratic patrons of the two Italian operas last season. The task of adapting "Faust" for its representation in English was entrusted to Mr. Chorley, a gentleman of well known ability, and although he has taken great pains to accomplish his task, the effort has not, in our opinion, resulted in one of his happiest efforts. In many instances the words set down for the singers sink into utter absurdities, not to say vulgarities, and this will, in a great measure, account for the licence Mr. Reeves and Mr. Santley took with their por tion of the libretto. Very frequently both these gentlemen entirely departed from the words set down for them; and Mr. Charley must forgive us for saying that by doing so we think they exer cised a very wise discretion ;,in fact, we believe they only did what Mr. Chorley would have done him self had he carefully revised and reconsidered his work before submitting it to the public. Fortu nately the success of " Faust" depends more upon the ability of the singers and the completeness of the miss en.scone than upon the rendering of the text ; thus with the artistes engaged in the performance on Saturday no room was left for improvement, as the talented entrepeneur had secured the greatest talent at his command, a fact which will at once be admitted when we mention that the lovesick philo sopher Faust was represented by Mr. Sims Reeves, Valentin by Mr. Santley, Mephistopheles by Signor Marchesi, Siebel by Madame Florence Lancia, Martha by Madame Taccani, and Margarita by Madame Lemens-Sherrington. The superb intro duction was played by the band with the greatest delicacy and precision, and on the rising of the cur tain a very warm reception was accorded to Mr. Sims Reeves, who is discovered pining and reflect ing upon past love and youthfulness. The first few notes from the great tenor were quite sufficient to tell the audience that he was in splendid voice, a circumstance that must have given universal satis faction. We have already spoken in the most eub gistic terms of Mr. Reeves' Faust cn the occasion of his appearing in the part two or three months ago, so all that is necessary on the present occasion is to say that his embodiment of the character was as fine, if not finer, than ever. The music in the second act was sung with all that tender sweetness for which he is so celebrated, whilst the more energetic portions of the character gave him scope to display his mag nificent voice to the very utmost. Where all was so beautiful it is not easy to pick out particular parts, but we may mention the cavatina, " All hail that dwelling pure and holy," as the moresau in which he made the deepest impression on the audience. As Valentin, the chivalrous brother of Margarita, Mr. Santley had butone important scene, but that was quite sufficient to display his masterly skill. To compensate for the gloomy foreshadowing of the part M. Gounod introduced a new cavatina for 111 r. Santley, and this was most certainly one of the features of the evening. It is entitled, " Even the bravest heart may swell," and is linked to the second theme in the introductory music, or overture. It is somewhat remarkable that so sweet a composition should not have been repeated in the opera, but until Saturday evening all that was heard of it we s its yerformance previous to the commencement of the piece. Now, however,lit has been given to Mr. Santley, and it is almost needless to say it is ren dered with the most exquisite caste and feeling. Such immense applause followed the conclusion of the song that all attempts to escape an encore were fruitless, and Mr. Sent ley, in the most pleasing and graceful manner, came forward, and at once repeated the song with, if possible, greater effect than before. The death of Valentino was given with extraor dinary effect, and albeit Mr. Santley has not the longest part in the opera, he certainly has one of the most effective. The Mephistopheles of Signor Marchesi was also an admirable performance ; and, as a first attempt at singing in English, before an English audience, he must allow us to congratulate him, which we do most heartily, on his success. Perhaps the most important novelty of the evening was the appearance of Madame Lemmens-Sherrington. It might almost be taken as a debut, but in whatever light it be regarded, the fact that she was triumphantly successful admits of no doubt. Madame Sherringtoa's Mar garita is characterised by all the simplicity, con fiding innocence, girlish humour, and tender grace that belongs to Gcethe's immortal creation, while at the same time neither tragic power nor passion ate wanting to give expression to the terror and remorse of Faust's unhappy victim. She did full justice to the sweet and florid music allotted her, and in no instance was she more telling and effective than in the jewel song. Her confession of love for Faust was another brilliant achievement, and in her love duet she was unapproachable. Great as Madame Sherrington is as a musician, she is equally great as an actress, and from henceforth ale, .and she alone, will be looked upon as the reigning queen of operatic actresses. Madame Florence Lancia as Siebel, although suffering some what from nervousness, sang the music of the boy lover with taste and effect, more especially the flower song. The chorus deserve unqualified praise for their exertions. The exciting scene of the Kermess, with its quaint round for the old men, was so admirably given as to secure an enthusiastic encore. The cele brated march chorus (" Glori Immortale") " Glory and love to the men of old," was grandly given, and here both band and chorus vied with each other, and the result was worthy the magnificent compo sition. The curtain descended amidst the most enthusi astic applause, and thus another successful career is destined for M. Gounod's brilliant opera of "Faust." THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Being, as I am sorry to say, a frequent visitor at Basinghall-street, in search of dividends, very seldom, in deed, successfully, I was much alarmed by a paragraph advertisement in your columns mentioning a total release from liability charges under £5 payable by instalments, fearing our losses would soon largely increase if whitewash ing was thus cheap, I have, howeNer, talked the matter over with another solicitor also practising in bankruptcy and examined the last act, and find the court fees for stamps and messenger alone in the very smallest cases, without any profits to the attorney, exceed £5. I see no objection to solicitors, like others, advertising business ; but, is it fair to any party, I suspect indeed the charges refer in fact to very different releases, that in forma pauperis and prison adjudication, more unfortunately on the increase, and in which all the legal work is done by the official assignee's solicitor, and no stamps or court fees paid. Surely the mercantile public has suffered enough by these pauper cases, and the debtor would be sufficiently considered if he was allowed to stay in prisons until the registrars monthly visit, unless he had estate enough to pay the stamps and solicitor for his bankruptcy. If you can spare a corner for these few remarks you will much oblige. A 111ERCIIANT. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS, - -The traffic receipts of the railways in the United Kingdom for the week ending January 22, 1864, upon a mileage of 11,083, amount to £532,519, being equal to £lB is per mile. For the corresponding week of last year the receipts were £490,755; the number of miles open, 10,712, or £45 16s per mile. A comparison of the two weeks shows an increass in the aggregate receipts of £41,764, and of miles open, 371, being at the rate of £ll2 per mile. On the lines having termini in the metropolis the increase has been on Great Eastern, £1,417; Great Northern, £4,805 ; Great Western, £3,896; London, Chatham, and Dover, £1,334 ; London and North Western, £8,933; London and South Western, £544 ; Metropolitan Extension (London, Chatham, and Dover, £620. On the Midland, £4,272 ; North London, £132; South Eastern, £546. On the Metropolitan lines there is a decrease upon Blackwell of £49, and on the Lon - 414.114 Wight= of sl,4s3,—.loiiway IYews. _ w o r sgligt effurt • Nciei 0114 HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, Jan. 23, Her Majesty, a^companied by their Royal g i g h" nes ses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, arrived at Windsor to-day at a quarter past oc e o'clock from Osborne. Her Majesty was met by the Prince o f Wales at theGreatiloV Fgnio e i s o terns r t e Hatioonu,sae.nd drove highness with 13i6rcla The suite in attendance consisted of Lady The lion. Churchill, the Hon. Mrs. B ruce, Colonel - T. M. nicl and Dr. Holzmann.dolPll' Sir 'Charles Phipps, Colo nel Sir Jan. 24 ' The Queen and Princess Lo uise attended Divine service this morning in the private chap el. 1"n" at The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of officiated. Her Majesty passed the aft ernoon at l'itqlliate House, Arrival of of her Majesty at lArill els°l. ' b. The Queen, accompanied by their B,uyal end nesses the Princesses Louise and Betrice, 9, attended by Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulpla (the 14 sir ter of the Royal Household), Colonel the g eti. it, C. B, Phipps, Lady Churchill, the Hon. M r6 d . o r Bruce, Dr. Holzmann, Bze., arrived at W i : e i to shortly after one o'clock on Saturday, in 1:11..-r visit the Princess of Wales at Frogmore. t a The royal party left Osborne House at aberifi" : e s minutes to ten o'clock a.m., and trabarked at ` l° ,,. u t in the Fairy, Commander Prince Leiningent ti:°,o ten o'clock, whence her Majesty, the Pr ilice i :•u; and suite crossed to the Royal Clarence Vietnsnicx, Yard, Gosport, which they reached. at eleven deet,. The royal party immediately disembarked airi3jandoor tered the special train, which arrived at /"- at 1.18. 0 , ce °f At one o'clock his Royal Hi.4hness the . 1- --: Of Wales arrived at the terminus, having, et te°- ,i e r ifel l Captain G. H. Grey, the equerry in Waiting,— to) over from Frogmore House in order to rea l To Queen and the princesses on their arrivid• ~ot Prince on meeting the Queen and princ e° i' srti affectionately embraced them, and the reY°lPoges at once, on leaving the train, entered the e °r :lntiV outside the station, and drove off, amid the 8- i 0 11 tions of the bystanders—which Wer e g ril a c rOle acknowledged by the Queen and Prittee--1`; eclat the town to Frogmore House, where they -[tined 20 minutes past 1 p.m. Her Majesty reaste irie r , f oa the Princess of Wales during the after 11°° '' returned to the Castle in the evening. wear- bet The Queen is still in mourning, and all o te widow's weeds, though the princesses are '- mourning. voicl °/ During the afternoon her Majesty ale ° .. 0 ox visit to the mausoleum, where rest the r e 13331 en ding taco late Prince Consort. 0 0 tt ol o Yesterday morning the Queen, after o divine service, again visited th e Princes° 01 , at Frogmore.l 01 „.,• ' OO O The Queen will leave the Windsor te—, 40 the Great Western Railway this afternoovt return to Osborne via Gosport and Ce;See• The Prince of Wales. 0 the Yesterday afternoon his Royal gigllnGeeneriii Prince of Wales, attended by Lieutenant' ,ice i ° , it d eitild C eo ys a De p aa t iet a oas i nt n i nsottt. Grey, hllrcle ec i ohn a rdo t g t is e reo n .ro d f e a ti:hbet e h p le e i s rp l i t erpic.cei !s ob a o: K 'st‘liTueniert:eCi 1 o h , t Y ca s cepuv a ep. n i officiated. • ine a : On Friday night the Prince of Wnle s n a osa t the ufficers' mess of the 3d battalion of V r . s - ceiO 3 ° Guards, of which Prince Edward of Sa e / - i r,oo /t. isA Among the eatgutehsetsbwarerraeck;L jSheet-streett !or( or-Gen- I:l°4'fgeellit:l Gen. Seymour, Captain G. H. Grey, the Q co ol l t sth h eav e ltet ß rita o shl yal Horse Guards, from Spittal barn etohffiQoucueegerhnstfirtvohimlaltLhoenrdmona j . esty will Pay, ar;vo : ------41. ------ 0 11119t 1 0 visit to Balmoral about the same time as last 1" - jA , Tiae Prince of Wal p es roc h e a eci s autumn. if s" . 5 printed, for P r a # 13 4 culation, a copy of a Papyrus which was discoveretio ooe4 his late visit to Thebes. This Egyptian doente. ell d giO ti o to Saxe-Coburg cir than the time of Pericles, yet it belongs to a Pe a° ,,e On by the decline of Pharaonic art. Mr. Birch, of t' , tD" Museum, has seen it through the press. , ~,,101 ) d ti It is most probable (says the Court Jo"" ft fortt s " 4 some efforts will be made to ensure the , CO- ieve e ,A P 'to convenience of those who attend this year at ' e res eat' a ish drawing rooms, Any little bill that may b e f ic liegA7 1)i the House of Commons for alterations ill P r° ,.„ l o ei' J ptit° accommodation we feel sure will be willingly "' 0 ° ti , 0 6 i t s n 1 sympathy seeking country, khiengmtaot tfeo prr w a, ty h hh i hoa c soshem, expressedva hgoe although steo poths iie i tt t iisroe d nl ofsei onssvtnierioorfiitileggsainrcsae:loYatiliiPiejapiteb?:: to tor o lio many disagrecubles. There is a belief tistiliog tote will hold the Court receptions herself, but a9 t a blie :,redt is known. How gratifying it would btote e P lie rs P o oh the Queen resume those duties need not ili r eti r , l3 ? though, if it please her Majesty still to 10 613 10 solle' the respectful and heartfelt sympathy for t o gs. 0 ti e , grief will take precedence of any personal f ee d — 0 O f Nothing has been posit ivel y arra"; s o °:, w ill time and locality of the christening n ° belie f :o6 4°l 4 the Prince and Princess of Wales, but -91 4. t tbe zll,g farft.- take place in St. George's Chapel, and tbh-ristev-is; will be followed of the ceremony at the c : 1 - ST•t i t' 1 1 Princess Charlotte, the daughter of Ge°l;loortia".o/ ,i'lli" compatible with modern customs.--Geur'ruorg6 fr„.ltee° The Prince of Wales, afterwards '-iyigin° exhibited to the admiring beau mode at tb ' e ide which took place 12 days after his birth. 0 Clitr His Highness Prince Murat II AO iteli - Hotel for Paris. d f t . The Duke of Newcastle was preveo.otecioposiVoi4 the Cabinet Council on Saturday throllol r i i red i __. fk il , 0 411 , The Duke and Duchess of Argil tir -aio r r- o il '''' on Friday night from ltoseneath, Cabinet C °°P I called to town by a meeting of the Ow idg e Saturday. left Clilf ,If The Countess de La Poeze ha s 4tetr o,r 0 lintel for Paris. Lord Stanley of Alderley, a ster" o eo postal. 0 arrived at his residence in Dover' eas e to ° to 4° s Cheshire on Friday evening. die to Dill° liroa es— co The Right Hon. Sir Charles t the of tll d on Friday expressly to meet his colleague° e' a ds, # Council on Saturday. s lel . 1 0 The Right lion. B. Disraeli, 6 _., 00 8 4 Ad , Opposition in the House of Commons, 016'°,,vedrie? i, invitation to a Parliamentary dinner f r ,• 0 1 ,91 3d proximo. a o° , Herr von Car, Madame Catnt ° n et, 00 _ .stre rived at the Brunswick Hotel, JerniYn morning, from Hamburg. Of -- - a gat __ _ _ B the is r e PARLIAMENTARY VACA.NCIEE• ~,ige ,d 1) i rSeiprreWseniltiaitaimon Aofththeertcoit; oaf vpaucrahnowl. tlitleiasitoorrriet:t::llo,o4,li bably not be issued until the meeting of .1.68:id there of l ee r will be moved for in the usual way. It i s ~ esieuitl,ll,oo‘,o to be a contest for the seat. On the g.r6:__01160.0f._',4 r, session a now writ will be moved tor the u a r 0,1)006;tolir"of bury, in the room of the Hon. f • I'YeiVor4eeatiet',4 elected member for the western division 0 , ~is i s ~,,eO7O Sir J. Buller East, Bart., has announc ed '''' by . Fla d Dirg e Col' C ' e ifi t resigning his seat for Winchester, an ._ . .6 . i. has announced himself as a candidate oa 10 r eP e tt II: , itanimotneornoe among t .1) themr i l g i li r . t oCbne°,inniagnngd:srm,e v h e o r a a t s w l r a e c y t a: ur ed l d r a i r rt : p i ' I 1 1 : t ai: 6 0 8 1) : ?:: ;1 ;l " : Moore. A vacancy is expected to occur is ot, le 14 e in the courseT Aolls2j:saoleT:u4.d 4Eas Statea \ d : e ' An: t . . . . . . 1 4 . ct . : a.6. __ Tsa : 0: 1 , Qi 1 : Mackinnon. Captain Mackiunon (larber ..ael donald (Conservative) are ca n ,r 13.0 9i , 3 69,V, TuE GIANT 1, - , il subjects of each German......: 7 .0 9 ( 4 , Austria ........ Prussia ........ 14,138,861 Hesse ~,,arotao 7,4,3„4. Bavaria ........ 4,689,637 Hesse - 11 _ 1 ,, .. • • 4 :3 9,V,!..} 9 925 210 Luseinui• b.,jeo ..,, ..,,,, Saxony ........ ..,-, , , 0 , puok.,rae,st.' 0°,54 Hanover ........ 1,855,070 b" wico;c4 . O eo f NA , urtemburg. •• • 1,72u,7,08. Briulo'burg, e te ;,. jo t i i Free Cities ...... 465,016 C!luel,itti, SO o at 0 The Mecklenburgs 650,821 1 ,he the r , SO ill/ 0° 0e: The total is 42,675,157; but it inu:ep._,Lbree l' v i ol?" warlike purposes Austria rules t 11 :`, 5 o bte._ n o, ta Prussia tour millions not included 1 Lu.`,., 1,s00,1" 0 Vl l3l • # 1 00'p er' 1 Swedenu t . i T o n u o oDuLeanANtunoaGrrEwk atuyi:1001511,;40o,5018017 ; i o s it: 0023:Atli,ict titeu or iiiio:oo66, has.recently been constructed by 1 2 , 5 1 l'ii'st. a , tree. D 0.1 a,u-onaut, was exhibited on cumference of the parachute is l. r _ lo geti cular car, 4 metres in diary •• Pi .. l'lndustrie. Its capacity persous. I is 111:00100 crallebtlreosratodtolllFl,